RESTON, VA. -- Tom R. Miller, professor of radiology in the Division of Nuclear Medicine at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo., received SNM's Presidential Distinguished Service Award during the society's 54th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. SNM is the world's largest society for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine professionals.

More than 4,000 doctors, scientists and technologists attended the June meeting during five days of scientific sessions and continuing education courses. In addition, the world's largest gathering of molecular imaging and nuclear medicine professionals featured a four-day exposition with exhibits from nearly 200 companies. A number of individuals received recognition and awards during SNM's 54th Annual Meeting June 2-6 in Washington, D.C. Recipients are listed below.

Tom R. Miller: Distinguished Service

"With this award, SNM recognizes Tom Miller's many significant contributions to the molecular imaging and nuclear medicine community. Dr. Miller has assisted in many areas for the society, including education, our Annual Meetings and publications," said 2006-07 SNM President Martin P. Sandler. "Dr. Miller has shown exemplary leadership throughout his career and has enhanced the society and our profession," he added.

"Dr. Miller is a visionary for education. As chair for the society's Committee on Education, he directed a strategic plan that has been successfully accomplished and is still a working document today," said Sandler. "He oversaw the complete turnaround of our education program from in-person activities to online activities; this alone was a major accomplishment," he added.

Miller, who is also a professor of biomedical engineering, served for several years as chair of the society's Scientific Program Committee. He is the former chair of the American Board of Nuclear Medicine. Miller's research centers on tumor imaging by positron emission tomography (PET) and developing effective PET imaging agents for patients with prostate cancer. Board certified in nuclear medicine and diagnostic radiology, Miller has been listed several times in the "Best Doctors of America." A Fellow of the American College of Radiology, Miller is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Miller received his bachelor's degree from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, and his doctorate in nuclear physics from Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. A Fulbright Fellow in physics, Miller was a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral Fellow in radiology at the University of Missouri, Columbia, and an NIH postdoctoral Fellow in physics at the M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute in Houston, Texas. He received his medical degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and completed his residency at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology. He has written several books and book chapters and numerous journal articles.

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